[B-Greek] John 3:16

Gerald Ford sherlockplace at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 17 09:20:53 EDT 2004


I agree, to read this as, "In this way God loved the
world" seems true to the text. To describe the "way"
of loving does not diminish the intensity at all, and
it distinguishes his love from lesor "ways" of loving.

Gerald Ford


- csm <csm1ps at eim.surrey.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> In John 3:16 we read:
> "OUTWS GAR HGAPHSEN O QEOS TON KOSMON..."
> which is typically translated into english as:
> "For God so loved the world..."
> 
> My question is about the word OUTWS. As far as
> I can understand it means "this way" or "this is
> how" or if you'd like it describes the _way_ God
> loved the world and not the intensity/capacity/power
> of His love.
> 
> If the above is true, I think that the passage
> should be translated as:
> "God loved the world in such a way..."
> 
> What do the people think about it?
> 
> TIA
> M.
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Gerald Ford, M.Div., M.A., LPC, LMFT
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